ISBN: 9781848841635

He was based at Seletar in Singapore, Kaitak in Hong Kong, Iwakuni near Hiroshima and various other operational bases throughout his two and a half year tour. The crew relied upon all-rou… More...

He was based at Seletar in Singapore, Kaitak in Hong Kong, Iwakuni near Hiroshima and various other operational bases throughout his two and a half year tour. The crew relied upon all-round cooperation to keep the aeroplane in top condition, plus the addition of personalized luxuries. Sunderland Over Far Eastern Seas - An RAF Flying Boat - Derek Empson H/B (70/9L)BRAND NEW COPYThis is the first book to give a detailed, first-hand account of post-World War II RAF Short Sunderland operations in the Far East. The author was a navigator with 88 Squadron and later 205 Squadron, flying operations during the Korean War, the Malayan Emergency and many other operations. He was based at Seletar in Singapore, Kaitak in Hong Kong, Iwakuni near Hiroshima and various other operational bases throughout his two and a half year tour. The Sunderland flying boat was a unique aircraft in that each crew was allotted an aircraft which became their floating and airborne home. The crew relied upon all-round cooperation to keep the aeroplane in top condition, plus the addition of personalized luxuries. The task of long distance navigation in the Far East during the early 1950s relied on the conventional methods of astro navigation and dead reckoning, a difficult task when crossing hundreds of miles of Open Ocean and encountering monsoon and tropical storm conditions. Amongst the noteworthy events included is a return flight form Singapore to Hong Kong across 1,400 miles of ocean with a VP passenger, his first operational flight as a 21 year old Pilot Officer navigator. He then undertakes an operation involving a return trip to Scotland which took three months. On moving to Kiatak the Sunderlands provided air cover for search and rescue operations, taking off and landing amongst the port's many small and erratically steered shipping craft. He flew sixty-one missions in support of the United Nations force fighting in and around Korea, enduring the threat of Chinese fighters over the Yellow Sea. In one operation an engine fire caused the crew to ditch in the Tsushima Strait with serious structural failure and they were rescued by the USS De Haven, a US destroyer. This is a worthy record of some of the legendary Short Sunderland's final roles in the RAF. AUTHOR: Now retired, lives in Knutsford, Cheshire. Contributed to NATO's Sixteen Nations and the Army Quarterly and Defence Journal. SELLING POINTS: The only first-hand account of this period and operational theatre flown by the RAF's Sunderland Flying Boats Outstanding historical photographs Well written with a wealth of technical and operational techniques from the period 106 photographs, Neu, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Personalised: No, Subject Area: Military History, Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom, Item Weight: 786g, Publication Year: 2010, Type: Textbook, Format: Hardcover, Language: English, Publication Name: Sunderland over Far-Eastern Seas: an Raf Flying Boat Navigator's Story, Item Height: 234mm, Item Width: 156mm, Subject: Government, History, Number of Pages: 300 Pages, Pen & Sword Books LTD<

2020, ISBN: 9781848841635

Pen & Sword Aviation, Kindle Edition, Auflage: Illustrated, 442 Seiten, Publiziert: 2020-01-31T00:00:00.000Z, Produktgruppe: Digital Ebook Purchas, Verkaufsrang: 1669040, Great Britain, E… More...

Pen & Sword Aviation, Kindle Edition, Auflage: Illustrated, 442 Seiten, Publiziert: 2020-01-31T00:00:00.000Z, Produktgruppe: Digital Ebook Purchas, Verkaufsrang: 1669040, Great Britain, Europe, Historical, Biographies & Memoirs, Subjects, Books, World War II, Military, Leaders & Notable People, History, Aviation, Korean War, Veterans, United States, Categories, Sports & Outdoors, Air Force, Branches, Military & Wars, Kindle eBooks, Kindle Store, Military & Spies, Professionals & Academics, United Kingdom, Western, Individual Wars, Modern (16th-21st Centuries), Format: Kindle eBook, Pen & Sword Aviation, 2020<

2010, ISBN: 9781848841635

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